Sudden cardiac death in Africa

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 151-152

  Chin, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; BLACK PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84908462314     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: 16800745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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